Mind Games
Chapter 1: Escape the Monastery
"Run!" Erza screamed at Natsu and Gray. The dreary beige walls of the monastery crumbled as shattered behind them.
"Why what's the pro-" Natsu looked behind him, and realised. "Oh..." Suddenly, he realised what was going on.
"Get up, now!" Shouted Gray, who was already standing up holding out his hand to an exhausted Natsu; who had just used up all his energy trying to break down the walls that they were now running from. "Quickly, there's no time!" Nastu pushed away Gray's hand and hurriedly got to his feet. Erza had already passed them by now, and everything around them was crumbling. Falling. There was no way they could get out of this one. Gray and Natsu swiftly caught up with Eraza and the three found themselves running for their lives in a dimly lit crumbling church hall spanning for further than the eye could see. Though, they couldn't see very far, as a thick layer of dust started to limit their vision. "See, this is what happens when you try to break stuff" said Gray in his usual accusing tone.
"Well you didn't try and stop me!" replied Natsu angrily.
"You shouldn't have tried to destroy the walls in the first place. You know what's going to happen."
"What" said Natsu inquisitively.
"Well, you're going to mess everything up again like you always do!" Nastu screamed at Gray, infuriated.
"WHAT!"
"I said—"
"Shut up you two. We don't have time for this" Erza glared at the two, her hair slightly covering her eyes, shadowing her face in an intimidating fashion.
"Yeah whatever…" said Gray and Natsu simultaneously. They scowled at each other and turned their heads away.
"Over there! There's a door! It could be a way out!" Erza pointed at a door in the direction they were running.
"Oh yeah, I see it" yelled Natsu in reply. The door didn't look far away. If they could just keep up running for a bit longer, they could make it. Maybe not. The collapsing rubble of the monastery all around them was closing in. One false step and any one of the three could have found themselves engulfed in a sea of debris.
"Nearly there now." Said Gray. He was starting to tire, but he did not let up. The door was under a hundred meters away now, though the rubble behind them was literally inches away. Closer. Closer. Every meter they get closer to the door, they could feel the falling rubble slowly edge towards them.
Finally. They had made it to the door. Everything felt like slow motion to them.
"Go, Go, Go." Shouted Gray as he yanked the door open and pushed Natsu and Erza through before jumping through himself in one fluid motion. Natsu, Gray and Erza all shut, and pushed against the door from the opposite side. They heard a loud series of bangs against the door, and then nothing. They had made it. They leaned on the door for a second or two, just looking at each other.